{"product_id":"the-black-rook-r-s-rebecka-9781967082735","title":"The Black Rook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe roar of the crowd is a physical blow. The stench of unwashed bodies and spilled ale is a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estench that suffocates thought. For Marcus, the world of the fighting pit is a sensory assault, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elanguage of chaos he cannot speak. To survive it, his mind does something remarkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt fractures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chaotic, leering faces of the mob blur, their individual features smoothing away until they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare nothing but identical, carved pieces. The blood-soaked floor resolves into a perfect grid of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esixty-four squares, the lines sharp and impossibly straight. The roaring fades into a binary state: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe white noise of approval, the black silence of disapproval.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is on the board.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is his fortress, the only sanctuary he has ever known, a world of cold, clean logic where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeverything has a rule. In this silent, internal game, he is not a frightened boy. He is a Rook: an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunfeeling piece of iron, moving in a straight, predictable line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his private war is interrupted by a master player who sees not a piece, but a weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrafficked from his brutal but structured world by the ruthless Commander Felcher, Marcus is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrust into a new game played in the shadows of the court. It is a world without a grid, a war of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunspoken rules, shifting loyalties, and subtle deceptions his rigid mind cannot process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, the mental fortress that was his salvation has become his prison. To serve his new master, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rook must learn to navigate a board of infinite, terrifying complexity... or shatter completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. S. Rebecka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1967082731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781967082735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bookbutler Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"R. S. Rebecka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47931156988159,"sku":"9781967082735","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43adf650-dc38-4bce-8593-6cf6493aec44.jpg?v=1766346840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-rook-r-s-rebecka-9781967082735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}